Interel have announced they have won the inaugural ICCO Independent Consultancy of the Year Award for the EMEA region on Thursday 26th November.
The ICCO Global Awards recognise leading agencies, individuals and in-house teams from across six continents for effectiveness in PR and communications in 18 different categories. The Awards took place at the Park Plaza Hotel, Riverbank and were hosted by BBC personality Helen Fospero.
While the Interel Group won the Independent Consultancy of Year for the EMEA region, Avian Media scooped the award for the APAC region and Imagem Corporativa for the Americas.
Interel, a rapidly expanding global public affairs consultancy covering 60 markets around the world, boasts an exceptional year with growth of 20% and over 90 new client wins. In 2014 the agency took a strategic decision to focus on public affairs and government relations in the broadest sense. They advise especially on strategic public affairs issues around accessing new markets and identifying opportunities driven by the political climate. They now have seven offices worldwide, employing 120 public affairs specialists.
Interel CEO, Fredrik Lofthagen commented: “I am seeing an interesting shift in the public affairs landscape. Business is waking up to the commercial value of an integrated approach to public affairs. As political specialists with hands-on experience behind the scenes in parliaments and administrations around the world, we are helping our clients to identify political opportunity as well as risk and delivering measurable results through an innovative approach to campaigning and engagement. 2016 will be an exciting year for us and I would like to thank our exceptional team for their commitment and hard work over the last year. None of this would be possible without their enthusiasm, skills and passion."
Francis Ingham, ICCO Chief Executive, said: “I would like to congratulate the winners, and indeed all of those shortlisted. We are delighted that our inaugural awards have been such a success, celebrating outstanding PR professionalism from around the world. PR is great shape on every continent, and ICCO is proud to help showcase that fact.”
The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is the voice of public relations consultancies around the world. The ICCO membership comprises national trade associations in 32 countries across the globe in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Collectively, these associations represent some 2,500 PR firms.